Operational Excellence in Oil & Gas Summit 2025 | IQPC | 4 November 2025 | Norris Conference Centers, 816 Town and Country Blvd #210, Houston, TX 77024, USA

In November 2024, 250+ senior oil and gas professionals gathered for this event, to share how they are reducing risk, cost, and complexity in their operations.

2024 marked a special anniversary for the event, celebrating 15 years running, and over a decade of expertise, knowledge, and innovation.

The 2024 event program was the biggest yet, featuring 70+ speakers, 40+ case studies, 16 discussion groups, 12 pre-conference workshops, and more, all focusing on navigating disruption and championing change, to succeed where others fall short.

Thank you to everyone who joined the 15th Edition, and provided actionable and practical insights.

We're happy to share that 16th Edition is in the works, and we will be back, with more information to soon follow.

With the energy sector facing a period of transformative change, achieving true Operational Excellence has never been more important to maintain your competitive position within the market.

Join us in November 2025, and learn how to make the most of your people, processes, and technology, to transform your operations.

Why wait? Make your move today.

2024 Past Speakers

Jason Gislason
Chief Digital Officer, Chevron Phillips Chemical Company

Swapna Setty
Director of Data Management, Oxy

Eliecer Viamontes
Chairman, President and CEO, Entergy Texas

Andy Quick
Chief AI Officer, Entergy

Kristine Swan
GM Digital Strategy & Innovation, Phillips 66

Naseer Riaz
Chief Information Officer, Mach Natural Resources

Partha Chatterjee
Principal, Data Analysis, Shell

Caroline Marie Alting
Senior Vice President Operational Excellence, Noble Corporation

Jason Power
Vice President Asset Integrity, Noble Corporation

Patrick Ng
Chair for the Deep Learning/AI TIG, American Association of Petroleum Geologists

Dan Lopata
Vice President - Marcellus, Expand Energy Corporation

Walter Pesenti
Vice President, Manufacturing Excellence, NOVA Chemicals

Brent Railey
Chief Data & Analytics Officer, Chevron Phillips Chemical Company

Kymberly Juttemeyer
Global Learning and Operational Excellence Senior Project Manager, Dow

Matt Garner
Vice President - Health, Safety, Environment and Regulatory, Expand Energy Corporation

Justin Bethancourt
Director, Operational Excellence, ConocoPhillips

Stephan Blasilli
BPE and ESG Director & Head of US Innovation Hub, EDP Renewables

Virendra Brahmbhatt
Former Director, Digital Insights, Phillips 66

Joanna Kendrick
Global Experience Owner, bp

Patrick Hodgson Sr.
Director of Infrastructure & Information Management - Enterprise Change Office, Pacific Gas & Electric Company

Matt Hayes
Global VP of SAP Business, Qlik

Mark Bohn
Vice President, Transformation and Enterprise Portfolio Management, Western Midstream

Julie Thyne
Global Improvement Director, Dow Inc.

Nicolas Felix
Operations Director, Asset Management and O&M, TotalEnergies

Sriram Ramaganesan
Director of APC, Blending and Optimization, Phillips 66

Srividhya Vaidyanathan
Global Supply Chain Strategy & Process Transformation, Shell

Jeff Tremont
Operational Excellence Director, DuPont

Faraz Shahid
Director - Supply Chain Center of Excellence, Cheniere Energy

Gee Lauder
Opportunity Manager, Supply Chain - Deepwater Gulf of Mexico, Shell

Jeff Gill
Head of Talent and Leadership Development, CITGO

Kevin Price
Global Head of Enterprise Asset Management, IFS

Carlos Acosta
Sr. Rotating Equipment Engineer, Refining, Phillips 66

Carina Jones
Senior Instructional Designer, Skyllful

Justin Ceterski
Global Manufacturing Excellence Lead, Shell

Brooke Paige
Director, Process Safety and Operational Risk, Western Midstream

Laura Tibodeau
Global Digital Innovation & Transformation Leader, Ascend Performance Materials

Raymond Mitten
Lower 48 Digital - Applications Transformation Leader, ConocoPhillips

Jonathan Alexander
Manufacturing AI & Advanced Analytics Manager, Albermarle

Don Williamson
Director of Digital Operations, Westlake Chemical Company

Patricia Grant
EHS - SR, Senior Advisor, Process Safety, Hess

Patrick Valdes
Creative Services Manager, CITGO

Reynaldo Gonzalez
Principal Cybersecurity Architect, Cummins Inc.

Laurie Thibodeaux
OpEx & Work Process Manager, Dow, Inc.

Jason Brent
Head of Category Management - Engineering & Construction / Capital Projects, Cheniere Energy

Seth Courtney
Manager, Supply Chain Center of Excellence, Cheniere Energy

Justin Lester
Former Director EAM / SCM

Chelsie Contreras
Senior Data Advisor of IT Data Strategy & Governance, Oxy

Jacob Herzog
Data Scientist, Chevron Phillips Chemical Company

Reynaldo Glombowski
Process Improvement Lead, TC Energy

Frank Beck
Manager, Commercial Ethics & Compliance, CITGO

Mashel Gonyora
Manager SHE: Enablement, Compliance and Assurance, Sasol

John Irvine
OpEx & Work Process Manager, Dow, Inc.

Matthew O'Connor
Former Senior External Communications Advisor, PETRONAS Canada

Yair Alan Griver
CEO, CODE Staffing

Dheerajkumar Narang
Former Staff Reliability Engineer, TPC Group

Carlos M. Gomez
VP Strategic Alliances and Partnerships, Baker Hughes

John Stretton
Associate Director of Process Automation, EDP Renewables

Bob Koonce
Founder and President, High Reliability Group

Elliot Lander
Managing Director, Founder, ATR Smart Procedures

Tim Doelger
Director of Business Development, High Reliability Group

Matthew Fay
Account Director, Celonis

Richard Anter
Senior Solutions Consultant, SS&C Blue Prism

Michael O'Connell
Chief Analytics Officer, Spotfire

Scott McCann
Strategic Oil & Gas Solutions Executive Leader, IBM

Bailey Brandel
Solutions Engineer, Prometheus Group

Brian Henger
Technology Leader, IBM Sustainability Solutions

Sathisan Vannadil
Senior Partner Solutions Architect, AWS

Chris Francois
Oil & Gas Executive Lead, IBM

Darrel Plants
Implementation and Training Manager, Toadfly Technologies

Michael Tracy Jones
Technology Executive Leader, Oil & Gas Industry, IBM

Ryan Woodson
Oil & Gas Industry Leader, IBM

Jaspreet Singh
Associate Vice President, Energy Consulting, HCLTech

Mike McFarlane
Trustee, AI Applied Consortium

Péter Molnár
Practice Director, Manufacturing, Data & AI, HCLTech

George Gakuru
Head of Technology Growth Programs, Fujitsu

Dr. Alauddin Ahmed
Founder, ValueInfinity

James Woodward
Director, Customer Transformation, Kongsberg Digital

Yorinde Knegtering
Growth Manager, Kongsberg Digital

Miguel Valdez
VP Growth, Kongsberg Digital

Stefan LeGrow
Senior Director Regional Marketing Program Execution – North America, SAP Signavio

Rebekah Eggers
Director, Global Client Engagement & Innovation, Public Sector and Energy, IBM Technology